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A Smart Commonwealth

Nabeel Goheer CTO HR and ICT Conference, Maputo 6-7 July 2015 Commonwealth Secretariat

Scheme of Presentation

1. The Commonwealth

2. Technology and Society

3. The ICT Age

4. The World of Work in the ICT Age

5. Strategizing for a smart Commonwealth

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1. The Commonwealth

• 53 member states representing 2.2billion people (60% young) from across the world

• Family, organisation, club, legacy, network, opportunity

• Organisations: 3 intergovernmental; 10 associated and 72 professional

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2. Technology and Society

• Synergistic relationship

• Inventions made us human

• Innovations are increasingly shaping the way we live, work and relax

• Example – Shaving

2. Shaving – From stone age to the digital age I. Stone, flint and clamshells

II. Razors - Bronze, copper and iron

III. Straight razor and honing stone

IV. Safety blades; Razor blades and shavers

V. The age of genetic engineering (and the software)

3. The ICT Age (Global scene)

• Starting with computer and communication

• Mind boggling speed of innovation and change

• There are over 7 billion mobile subscribers in the world today (up from 738 million in 2000)

• 3.2 billion people using the internet ( two billion from the developing countries)

• Mobile broadband penetration reached 47% in 2015 (12 fold increase from 2007)

• Services economy is more than 70% of the global GDP (15 trillion $ of online payments were made in 2011).

3. The ICT Age (Country flavour) • Many of today’s college majors didn’t exist 10 years ago including new media, organic agriculture, e-business, nanotechnology, and homeland security etc. • Today’s 21-year olds have watched: a. 20,000 hours of tv, b. played 10 000 hours of video games, d. sent/received 250 000 emails or instant messages • Mobile money transactions are 20% of Kenya’s annual GDP

4. The World of Work in ICT Age – Paradigm Change

• Space – From factories and offices to garages and homes

• Time – What is from and to? Non-stop

• Organsiational Assets – tangible and intangible

• Production – assembly line and online

• Blurring boundaries between capital and labour - Worker owns the factor of production

Set Free campaign Scene at Liverpool Street tube station on 11 May, 2015

4. The World of Work in ICT Age – The Effect of today’s technology on tomorrow’s jobs

INNOVATION, the elixir of progress, has always cost people their jobs.

4. The World of Work in ICT Age – New Workers

5. A Smart Commonwealth

• Be ready for the opportunities of the ICT age which has shaped a hyperlinked society and economy – Adapt !

• Start with estimating the Commonwealth’s ICT potential, and establish a baseline before initiating a concerted effort that should have millstones, targets as well as a Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (ME&R) mechanism

• Become an internetworked organisation

5. A Smart Commonwealth – Strategy for moving forward

1. Enable member states to use ICTs to advance • Democracy

• Development

• Diversity

2. Collaborate with Commonwealth family

3. Focus on Young people – Skills and entrepreneurship

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